Emily Tapp wins gold as Katie Kelly, Michellie Jones reunite for triathlon success

RIO champion Katie Kelly has reunited with triathlon legend Michellie Jones for more success on the triathlon track as Emily Tapp rode off with gold.

RIO champion Katie Kelly has reunited with race partner and triathlon legend Michellie Jones for more success on the triathlon track.

Kelly, who with Jones won gold in Rio last year, has now replicated the feat at the world paratriathlon series event in Edmonton.

Kelly, who lives in Australia and is legally blind, and Jones, who is based in the US, only reunited for a week in the lead-up to the championships race but found their bond was as strong as ever.

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Former multiple world triathlon champion Michellie Jones with Paralympic gold medallist Katie Kelly.

“We have built a special partnership and I’m very grateful for it,’’ Kelly said after the win.

“We first came together in Yokohama in May 2015 and went on to win the world championship that year and then on to Rio last year for that amazing gold medal.

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“No one knows what it’s like to be in a partnership like ours and I love it, the good and the bad moments.’’

Para-triathlete Emily Tapp after winning the Oceania championship sprint triathlon in Sydney.

Commonwealth Games bound triathlete Emily Tapp also won gold at the event.

The wheelchair racer missed last year’s Paralympics in Rio with a burn injury.

In other results by Australian triathletes two-tkme world champion Sally Pilbeam (PT3 arm amputee) won silver and Rio Olympian Kate Doughty, who has a right hand deficiency, a bronze.